For this meeting, stakeholders were selected with a view to forming a representative panel encompassing general CSR professionals, experts in Bonduelle’s priority areas and associations. The aim of the initiative was to challenge our sustainable development approach and how we communicateinformation about it.

Strong growth in the activity and profitability for the Bonduelle Group for the first half of FY 2017-2018 and a new acquisition in North America.
Good resilience for the historical group's scope of business.
Growth and profitability strengthened by the acquisition of Ready Pac Foods.
A sound financial structure Strong growth for annual turnover and current operating profitability expected for 2017-2018.
Acquisition of the Del Monte activity in Canada.

An agro-industrial network at the service of a sole ambition: to be the world leader in healthy living through vegetables
Vegetable farming, in the widest sense possible, is a key part of the company's DNA. The Group's constant ambition and goals are to produce healthy and high-quality vegetables whilst preserving Mother Nature.

With a view to always ensuring more transparency for consumers, the Bonduelle brand will be displaying Nutri-score labels for all its products. As a pioneer in the field, this commitment perfectly illustrates the group's ambition to become the world leader for healthy living through plant-based foods.

The Bonduelle Group's turnover stands at 1,420.3 millions of euro for the 1st half of financial year 2017-2018, an increase of + 38.5% thanks to the integration of Ready Pac Foods over 6 months and a growth of + 1.6% on a like for like basis*, the exchange rates having had little impact over the period.

On 30 November, Christophe Bonduelle was invited to participate in a discussion with other important economic and political actors on the challenges facing Europe regarding the subject of "Better training for safer food".

First quarter activity in line with the annual objectives.
The Bonduelle Group's turnover stands, for the 1st quarter of financial year 2017-2018, at 690.6 million of euro, a growth of + 43.9% based on reported figures and + 2.5% on a like-for-like basis*.

The #Tomorrow at Bonduelle project is about the group giving staff members the opportunity to show their commitment to sustainable development, contribute to CSR objectives and company strategy, and help, as much as they can, to change things for the better.

The first Agri Party, a real agriculture festival, has been held Saturday, September the 30th at Fresnay in Retzat the farm of Patrick Briand. One hundred guests gather for a moment of conviviality between farmers and the general public, mainly families (parents and children).

Grégory SANSON, Group Financial Director, was awarded best CFO of the year 2017 for the agro-food industry and Alexis WATTINNE, Group Financing and Treasury Director from the same department, 2017 best financing and Treasury Director.

In the autumn of 2016, five new CSR objectives* for 2025 (see below) were jointly identified with the entire Bonduelle Group and deployed across all the business units. This afforded Bonduelle Americas Long Life (BALL) an opportunity to make its CSR Committee more operational while remaining strategic.

The Bonduelle Group reports having received the authorization from the US anti-trust authority (Federal Trade Commission of the United States) regarding the contemplated acquisition of ready Pac Foods announced on February 23rd 2017.

Challenge yourself and create a bond to go far together. This is the outcome of 5 years of regular meetings between the Bonduelle Group and its stakeholders — a relationship that has been enriched every year and benefited all participants.

Bonduelle wishes to know more about its consumers to better meet their expectations. The group is now going further in its approach to diversify distribution channels with the launch of a brand-new home delivery offer: "My Secret Basket" by Bonduelle.

It's true: canned goods are drab.
UPPIA, the organisation for information on the canned goods industry, of which Bonduelle is a member, has launched a communications campaign on social media to win over young adults aged 18-34.

From 10 to 14 October, the 10th edition of the World Forum for a Responsible Economy is being held in five different French cities: Lille, Strasbourg, Grenoble, La Rochelle and Paris. The subject will be: “The role of business in society: beyond its economic performance, what can we expect from it?” This provides Bonduelle with the opportunity to share its experience during a theme-based lunch in Lille concerning the APONH project.

Young people are increasingly sensitive to fluctuations in the job market and need support in their choice of career. To respond to this issue, Bonduelle Fresh is preparing for the future by backing future talents.

Continuing Bonduelle Group's CSR strategy, production plants across the world are leading and supporting local projects. In Canada, solidarity comes in the form of supporting disadvantaged communities.

As part of the “I’m 9 years old and I like vegetables” programme, the Bordères and Labenne plants are planning visits and workshops to raise awareness of the tastes available and the importance of a balanced diet.

The ninth annual Louis Bonduelle Foundation Conference took place in Paris on 7 June. The FAO named 2016 the International Year of Pulses, and this edition of the conference appropriately focused on pulses and their place in our diets.

For several years, Bonduelle Group employees have been taking part in local life by developing Bonduelle site and employee involvement in local communities in the countries and sites where the group is present.

Bonduelle Food Services will use its expertise and the support of Bonduelle Group's R&D department to provide help and advice to institutions specialised in meeting the specific dietary needs of seniors suffering from movement disorders, and particularly Alzeimer's disease.

Since 2007, the Louis Bonduelle Foundation has been organising an annual conference on food, bringing together researchers, stakeholders in nutrition and journalists to share with participants their knowledge and best practices in this field.

The Pépites de l’alternance prize for companies with more than 200 employees was collected by Hélène D’Huyvetter, Director of the Renescure factory, and Valérie Hivet, Human Resources Manager, on Friday 18 March.

InFlavor is exclusive to Bonduelle. This unique and innovative procedure partially dehydrates vegetables using microwave vacuum drying, which removes the desired percentage of water contained within the vegetable.